Cartridge-belt.



0. DE BOLT. CARTR'IDQE BELT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. H, 1916.

- zigz g? 34,2, Patented July 24, 1917.

UNITED STATS CARTRIDGE-BELT.

Application filed. February 17, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EsLnY C. DE BOLT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State ofl/Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCartridge- Belts, of which the following is a full, true, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in cartridge belts and has for itsprincipal object to provide an improved and novel belt constructionwhich frictionally retains all of the cartridges in the belt with anequal retaining friction on all cartridges; to provide a belt of theabove type in which the frictional grip of the belt on the cartridge isadjustable and which depends upon the tightness of the belt about thebody of the wearer; to provide a cheap belt of manufacture in whichsmall scrap leather is utilized. A further object is to provide improvedtake up and removing fastenings for the belt. In the usual frictioncartridge pocket belts, there is no provision for maintaining a constantand uniform friction on all cartridges with the result that many pocketsbecome too loose and drop the cartridges while others are too tight. Theusual type of cartridge belt is diflicult to properly repair. My beltovercomes the above objections.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in thefollowing specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan of my belt. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, numerals1 and 2 indicate end straps of a belt. End strap 1 is secured to a hook3 which is caught on a buckle ring A from which it is unhooked when thebelt is removed from the wearer. Strap 2 passes slidably through ring4:, doubles back upon itself and has an eyelet hook 5 on its extreme endwhich adjustably engages holes 6 in the said strap. An ad justing bucklemay be placed in strap 1 if desired to make major adjustments. Theopposite ends of straps 1 and 2 are connected by a series of similarlinks 7 each of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1917.

Serial No. 78,849.

which is formed from a piece of material and consists of a solid backstrip 8 having parallel transverse holes 9 punched in it, and a pair ofsimilar front strips 10 which are integral with said back strip and eachof which is punched with a hole 10 which registers with one of the holesin the back strip when the front strips are folded back upon the backstrap as shown. Both front and back strips are chamfered as at 11. Achain is formed of the twin links just de scribed by passing the frontstrips of one link through the holes 10 of both front and back strips ofthe preceding link. Thus a continuous chain is formed of links of softmaterial such as leather and of such length as to leave room to insert acartridge 12 between the front and back strips of each link. Thetightening of the belt about the wearer frictionally retains thecartridge. The said friction may be adjusted by the tightening orloosening of the belt. When a number of cartridges have been withdrawn,the belt is retightened by means of hook 5 and holes 6. It will beunderstood that all cartridges are held with equal frictionalresistance.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves toothers skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to theexact form shown and described. Having described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cartridge belt, the combination of a plurality of interconnectedcartridge retaining links arranged continuously, and adjusting means,whereby the retaining friction of all the links is adjustablycontrolled, said adjustable controlling means including a hook on oneend of said belt.

2. A cartridge belt, formed of a plurality of flexible twin linksarranged in the form of a continuous chain and adapted to eachfrictionally retain a cartridge, and adjustable take-up means connectingthe two ends of said chain, whereby the cartridge retaining friction ofeach link is variable simultaneously.

ESLEY C. DE BOLT.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

